Foreign/National - Life Tourist

the last couple of years, there’s been an explosion of artists arriving from Down Under. Gotye smashed the charts and eventually the planets’ ears, Iggy Azalea’s rap-with-attitude has proved increasingly exciting and everyone from Tame Impala to Courtney Barnett has been charming the indie world with hefty handfuls of chilled-out vibes.

Melbourne four-piece Foreign/National have contributed to this by continuing their holiday-inspired sound, with ‘Life Tourist’, a woozy track that splashes liquid sun-rays onto a cocktail of Bombay Bicycle Club and The Flaming Lips. It’s gorgeously psychedelic and sunny, with its mix of underwater sounding synths and trippy vocal flecks making it sound like the final breath of summer. Although they may be from the other side of the world, as their oxymoronic name suggests, we’ll take them in into the cosy-cottages of our ears as if they were sonic locals